Alienware M17xR4

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	19.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	65.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware M17xR4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware M17xR4
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '16 at 09:46
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3740QM-$220 14,369 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 87.2 1-Core 101 2-Core 196 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 487 51% 408 Pts	64-Core 489 30% 489 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680M 1,365 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Dell(1028 057B) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.717 Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	19.2% Very poor	Lighting 23.5 Reflection 22.9 Parallax 25.7 19% 24 fps	MRender 28.7 Gravity 19 Splatting 23 19% 23.6 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 5772436941895 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 573 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 17 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 72628 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 69 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 72628 (F2) Unknown 100 100 167163 (F9) Unknown 100 100 2192	65.5% Good	Read 491 Write 236 Mixed 313 76% 347 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 44.5 4K Mixed 12.5 73% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 74.9 99% 179 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 95%
Samsung PM830 mSATA 32GB 860 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 18GB free Firmware: CXM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1377 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 601 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B2) Unknown 87 87 52 (B3) Unknown 88 88 94 (B4) Unknown 88 88 722 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E8) Unknown 87 87 356 (F1) Unknown 99 99 29509278 (F2) Unknown 99 99 255848178	34.1% Below average	Read 261 Write 84.7 Mixed 130 35% 158 MB/s	4K Read 11.9 4K Write 24.6 4K Mixed 11.3 45% 15.9 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 33 DQ Mixed 28.2 40% 79.2 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 44%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 750GB-$55 8,365 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 631GB free Firmware: SM12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 100 4182120 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 646 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 157631 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1124 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 567 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 253 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 43 9295953962 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 29 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5242 (C2) HDA temperature 42 57 68719476778 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 34 4182120 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	69.9% Good	Read 122 Write 122 Mixed 107 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.24 88% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 4x4GB 1,421 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	56.4% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 16.7 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 18.8 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 56%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Alienware M17xR4

CPU
Core i7-3630QMIntel $420Bench 61%, 65,927 samples	242x
Core i7-3610QMIntel $300Bench 62%, 38,575 samples	139x
Core i7-3740QMIntel $220Bench 64%, 14,369 samples	77x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	355x
GTX 660MNvidiaBench 7%, 7,381 samples	83x
GTX 680MNvidiaBench 19%, 1,365 samples	76x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	25x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	21x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	16x

RAM
NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 4x4GBNanyaBench 52%, 422 samples	40x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples	19x
NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 2x4GBNanyaBench 51%, 5,366 samples	19x

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Value: 46% - Average

Total price: $520

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16